Mirogoj Cemetery
 Main entrance at Mirogoj | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 6 November 1876 |
| Location | Zagreb |
| Country | Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°50′06″N 15°59′10″E / 45.835°N 15.986°ECoordinates: 45°50′06″N 15°59′10″E / 45.835°N 15.986°E |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | City of Zagreb |
| Website |
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| Find a Grave | Mirogoj Cemetery |
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The Mirogoj Cemetery (pronounced [mîrɔɡɔːj]) is a cemetery park that is considered[1] to be among the more noteworthy landmarks in the City of Zagreb. The cemetery inters members of all religious groups: Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, Jewish, Protestant, Latter Day Saints and irreligious graves can all be found. In the arcades are the last resting places of many famous Croatians.
History
The cemetery was created in 1876 on a plot of land owned by the linguist Ljudevit Gaj. Architect Hermann Bollé designed the main building. The construction of the arcades, the cupolas, and the church in the entryway was begun in 1879. Work was finished in 1929.
Notable interments
- Franjo Tuđman - the first president of Republic of Croatia
- Imra Agotić - Croatian general
- Zlatko Baloković - violinist
- Krešimir Ćosić - member of both the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame
- Filip Deutsch - nobleman and industrialist
- Julio Deutsch - architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch
- Janko Drašković - Croatian noble, national reformer, politician and poet
- Stjepan Đureković - businessman and assassination victim killed by Yugoslavian State Security Administration
- Hugo Ehrlich - known architect
- Aleksandar Ehrmann - known industrialist, philanthropist and diplomat
- Ljudevit Gaj - co-founder of the Illyrian movement
- Leo Hönigsberg - famous Croatian architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch
- Hosea Jacobi - Chief Rabbi of Zagreb
- Miroslav Krleža - famous writer
- Oton Kučera - gifted astronomer
- Svetozar Kurepa - gifted mathematician
- Ante Kovačić - writer from Hrvatsko Zagorje
- Rudolf Lubinski - Art Nouveau architect
- Vladko Maček - co-signatory of the Cvetković-Maček Agreement
- Savić Marković Štedimlija - Montenegrin-Croat publicist.
- Antun Gustav Matoš - writer
- Edo Murtić - painter
- Ivan Šubašić - last Ban of Croatia
- Vladimir Nazor - first President of People's Republic/Socialist Republic of Croatia
- Maximilian Njegovan - Commander-in-chief and admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Navy[2]
- Dražen Petrović - Member of both the Naismith and FIBA Halls of Fame
- Vladimir Prelog - Nobel prize-winning chemist
- Petar Preradović - poet
- Stjepan Radić - leader of the Croatian Peasants Party
- Tin Ujević - poet
- Emil Uzelac - head of the Austro-Hungarian air force
Memorials
- Monument to Fallen Croatian Soldiers in World War One (1919)
- Monument to the children from the Kozara mountain
- Tomb of the People's Heroes (1968)
- Memorial Cross to Croatian Home Guard Soldiers (1993)
- Monument to the Victims of Bleiburg and the Way of the Cross (1994)
- German military cemetery (1996)
- Monument of the "Voice of Croatian Victims - Wall of Pain" (to Croatian victims of the Croatian War of Independence)
Location and access
It is located today in the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district, on Mirogojska Road and Hermann Bollé Street.
ZET bus line 106 runs between the cemetery and the Kaptol bus terminal in the heart of Zagreb.
See also
Notes
External links
- Official website (Croatian)
- Mirogoj Cemetery at Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe
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